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Sounds like the consensus is spider webbing, not moth webbing that we found
today.
Kate Kearns
Collections Manager
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
PO Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342
(413)775-7202
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 2:54 PM, bugman22 <bugma...@aol.com> wrote:
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> Kate -
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> It is definitely NOT webbing clothes moth silk. Remember, it's the larvae
> of WCM's that spin the silken threads from their salivary glands. With
> this being true, you'd see all sorts of damage and pelletized frass
> associated with the webbing. There is no damage or frass on this piece of
> fabric.
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> Tom Parker
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> Hello,
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> I'm attaching a photo of some webbing we found on a wool textile in one of
> our historic houses. We've had an ongoing problem with clothes moths and
> I'm wondering if this is moth activity, or do we have something else too.
>
> Thanks,
> Kate
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> Kate Kearns
> Collections Manager
> Historic Deerfield, Inc.
> PO Box 321
> Deerfield, MA 01342
> (413)775-7202 <(413)%20775-7202>
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